The Legend of the Lost 47 Songs - The Porters

They walked this withered wasteland The taste of ash in every breath A violent past forsaken The creeds did breed contempt Seeking grace and beauty in the wreckage Pure wisdom hides away in the decay The shadowed truth foretold the message The darkest heart can lead the right way Here in ruins life still grows Here in ruins, a blooming rose Here in ruins love remains We will rise again So don't let your downfall be destiny Don't blame the stars So don't let your downfall be destiny The moment is ours All monuments now remnants The grandiose reduced to dust Those sacred names abolished This future we must trust It is our duty to replenish Envisage life eclipsing death and fate From sallow youth to the decrepit The tarnished start to reason faith So don't let your downfall be destiny Don't blame the stars So don't let your downfall be destiny The moment is ours Here in ruins life still grows Here in ruins, a blooming rose Here in ruins love remains We will rise again Hope is here, so near Hope is here, a new life Hope is here, so near Hope is here, a new life So don't let your downfall be destiny Don't blame the stars So don't let your downfall be destiny The moment is ours I walk this withered wasteland A sense of purpose in each step Wherever this path takes us We'll tread with pure intent

Deep in your heart there was once a diamond shining bright Every dark place you passed by turned into light But somebody broke into your heart and blew out your lights And your sparkling little diamond turned pale overnight What the hell has become of that pretty girl so sweet and nice Where have remaind your insatiable thirst after life Girl what ever they have done to you, where ever you are No ever so big force on earth could kill a burning heart Shine on, shine on Don't let the bastards drag you down Shine on, like a torch burns in a storm Shine on and on, and keep the fire burning Shine on, shine on, shine on Your train ran off the rails, hey girl you didn't lay the tracks If you wanna reach for the sky you have to go through hell and back Don't deliver girl, let me take you by the hand At the end of the rainbow the way of cross still ends Shine on, shine on Don't let the bastards drag you down Shine on, like a torch burns in a storm Shine on and on, and keep the fire burning Shine on, shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on, shine on Don't let the bastards drag you down Shine on, shine on Don't let the bastards drag you down Shine on, like a torch burns in a storm Shine on and on, and keep the fire burning Shine on, shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on, shine on Don't let the bastards drag you down